Im fine with phrasing but for some reason I am really bad at learning
patterns for playing scales up and down could you do a video on how to
develop scale picking and fretting patterns/ note grouping etc please.﻿

Yes but this is only theory again… How do you do it in practice? Is this
all on the fly, in a full tempo backing? Or you pause it, maybe loop a
section? Or loop the whole track and work it out when you return to the
ominous section again and again? ﻿

Hi Rick! I’m always glad when I see that you have uploaded a new video,
you’re very talented! Granted, it gradually sounds less mechanic as you go
on in the video, but it’s still… well… how do I put it…not without
constraints. I’ve become obsessed with Guthrie Govan lately, and his
improvisations are simply extraordinary, I’ve never quite found a guitarist
that can express himself the way he does, he’s completely free when
improvising, no constraints at all. He almost never repeats himself when
improvising and I must have watched hundreds of videos of him playing. I’ve
studied his approach to improvising and from what I’ve gathered from
workshops and interviews he simply hears a melodic line in his head, and
then translates it effortlessly on guitar (Even the incredibly fast and
complex lines from what I can tell). What is your take on that? Do you
utilize the same approach when soloing? Do you think that if one would
exclusively practice “translating” notes to the fretboard that you would
reach his level of improvisation and how would one practice that
efficiently? Or is greater understanding of musical theory/patterns also
required/beneficial? I could really use your opinion on this Rick 🙂

thank you very much, I can say this is the best lesson speaking of how to
start to improvise !! … great, great tips , you are the most amazing
guitar teacher and a real professional artist and guitar player ! …﻿

This. Is. Awesome. Learning so much from you so fast. I’ve never been a
good improviser, but now I can actually piece something together decent by
just using this. And only practiced it for about an hour. ﻿

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